Appellations

Grand Puy Lacoste 2024

Pauillac, Fifth Growth

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£213 per Case 6x75cl Cases 60 - [Add to shopping basket]
Tasting Notes

The 2024 Grand-Puy-Lacoste has a light bouquet for this estate, primarily revealing fresh black fruit laced with tobacco and light smoky scents. It is simple but exhibits impressive delineation. You get the feeling that the aromatics are holding something back. The palate is medium-bodied and classic Pauillac in style with all that graphite-tinged black fruit and edgy tannins. This is not a complex Grand-Puy-Lacoste per se, but I admire its balance, charm and gentle grip on the finish. This is classy in an unpretentious way.

Score: 91 - 93 Neal Martin, Vinous.com Maturity: 2032-2048 Date: 01 May 2025

Plump and juicy, the 2024 Grand-Puy-Lacoste is pure charm. This is an especially soft, fruity Grand-Puy-Lacoste with good aromatic presence and fine freshness, if not quite the depth or complexity of the very best years. Floral overtones lift the finish effortlessly. This is a delicate, understated Pauillac that will drink well with minimal cellaring. The balance between the 13% alcohol and 70% new oak is sublime. I won't be surprised if the 2024 turns out to be even better from bottle, especially if it gains a bit of mid-palate pliancy in barrel.

Score: 91 - 93 Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com Maturity: 2032-2054 Date: 29 April 2025

78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot. 38 hl/ha. Cask sample. Fresh fruit and floral notes. Fine tannins but the oak not fully integrated yet. Powdery note on the finish. Should improve. (JL) 13.2%

Score: 16 Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2032-2045 Date: 28 April 2025

Medium to full intensity inky plum colour, cold campfire and grilled cedar on the opening with vibrant plum fruits alongside, good quality, on the fresh side, but savoury and sappy with plenty of lift. 70% new oak for 17 months ageing.

Score: 93 Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2030-2044 Date: 23 April 2025

A blend of 78% Cabernet Sauvignon and 22% Merlot, maturing in 70% new barriques, the 2024 Grand-Puy-Lacoste offers up notes of blackcurrants, pencil shavings, iris and oak, followed by a medium-bodied, pretty palate built around a delicate core of fruit and lively acids, its powdery structuring tannins asserting themselves with gentle grip on the finish.

Score: 89 - 91 William Kelley, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Date: 23 April 2025